The Yellow Box Handmade Flower

Welcome back for Yellow Box week. I am so excited to get the box together this week and get it sent off...are you going to play along?  So what is The Yellow Box, you may ask?

A few years ago (read 2004) I was reading my new Martha Stewart Living..and came across this idea:

A baby shower in a box around a theme:

She showed a color themed box and a hometown box (everything is from or reminds them of their "hometown")

At that moment I had this idea (yes, in 2004).  Why only use this idea for a baby shower?   I thought how fun it would be to surprise a friend who lives close or far away with a box of random yellow things (and you can make it any color...their favorite,etc.) to let them know you were thinking about them and miss them!

Thus,

So this whole week, I will be showing tutorials, wrapping ideas, etc. to get my box ready and to help give you ideas for a box of your own! Remember, you can make this box as little or as big as you want..just make it personal and add some homemade items (because aren't they the best anyways!) Friday, I started out by showing you some Yellow Box Cards.

Today we will be making...

The Yellow Box Handmade Flower.

These are super fun and super fast to put together for any occasion, but with 3 little girls, I thought this might be a perfect touch to my friends box!

To make you will need:

any color synthetic fabric in a 2"x 36" strip (this is approx. you may need longer or shorter depending how big you want the flower!)

sewing machine

felt (for leaves and circle for bottom of flower)

contrasting thread for leaves

hot glue

clips/brooch pins

and

THESE DIRECTIONS

Make the flower according to these instructions minus the extra piece of tulle.  Embellish the center with something fun.  Cut 4 layers of leaves out (2 for each leaf).  Sew around the outside of the leaf. At bottom of leaf, sew a line up and sew vein lines by using your backwards stitch. (You can do this however it is easiest for you!)  Glue leaves on and then finish the flower by gluing a hair clip and/or brooch clips on the back (I did both...I find it so nice to have that option!). YOU ARE DONE!

These really are vesatile and make a fun gift at a baby shower, as a present topper, or just really fun to whip up to wear yourself or for your little girl!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  If you are playing along this week, I'd love to see the box you are creating! Email me a picture at kikicreates at gmail dot com. 

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